Kate Beckett quotes from Castle

Beckett

Why is it so important to you that I believe all this stuff about fates and psychics and Santa Claus?

Castle

Because if you don't believe in even the possibility of magic, you'll never ever find it.

Beckett

My gut says it's not him. But we still have to look into his alibi.

Castle

Oh, so you don't believe in fate, yet your gut has magical properties. That's cool. Scully.

Castle

Oh, let me guess, you don't believe in fate. Soulmates?

Beckett

No.

Castle

Unicorns, fairies, double rainbows? Didn't you ever think your dolls used to get up at night and play with your toys?

Beckett

Sorry.

Castle

Mmm… Let me guess. You were one of those annoying 6 year olds who stopped believing in Santa Claus because you figured out he couldn't travel faster than the speed of light.

Beckett

I was 3, and we didn't have a chimney.

Castle

You were a girl once.

Beckett

[Smirks] Still am...

Castle

[Holding up a picture of Alexis sitting on a Vespa ] Can you tell me why my daughter wants one of these so badly?

Beckett

Old bikes are what girls want when we realize we're never gonna get a pony.

Beckett

[About Alexis wanting a scooter] You know what this means, though?

Castle

No. What?

Beckett

Well, Alexis is entering her "wild child" phase.

Castle

[Smiles indulgently] My daughter? Hah, I don't think so.

Beckett

Oh yeah, Castle, all girls go through it. And the good girls are the worst.

I wasn't running away! I was jogging.

Beckett

So what were you doing climbing down the side of a building?

Uh, Cross-training. [Nods sagely] Better cardiovascular workout.

Beckett

Did you kill Carver for the map?

Oh, come on, kid, you know me better than that.

Beckett

[Coldly, hurt] I don't think I do. Because the man I knew wouldn't betray me like this.

I gotta go.

Beckett

Mike. I was in love with you.

Oh, Kate. Don't.

Beckett

You were the only one who understood the obsession that drove me. Who didn't tell me that I would get over my mother's murder and that she wouldn't want me to do this.

[Shaking his head, sadly] Just -- just trying to do right by you, kid.

Beckett

I dreamt about you. The night I shot the guy that killed my mother, I dreamt that I was the one who was on the ground dying, and that you came up to me and told me to stand up, 'cause there was still work to be done. [Longingly] When I woke up that morning I just wanted to call you, but we hadn't talked in so long.

You should've called. I never forgot.

Beckett

I'm going to catch Carver's killer, Royce. And then I'm going to recover Lloyd's score. And when I arrest you, you're going to realize that what you destroyed today was worth a hell of a lot more than money. [She hangs up. Speaks to Ryan, suddenly distant, and unemotional] Did I keep him on long enough?

Ryan

[Shocked] Uh, uh...

Esposito

Yeah, we got an address.

Beckett

All right, let's go.

Castle

Wh-what? All of that was just an act, to get a trace?

Beckett

Of course. [She turns and walks out, her face contorting with silent tears]

Castle

A wireless RF transmitter, to be precise. Not to be confused with the more advanced infrared signal burst device.

Beckett

Book research?

Castle

Nanny Cam.

Beckett

Well, then maybe we should make sure the treasure’s even there before we start shooting. Castle, do you mind?

Castle

Why me?

Beckett

‘Cause you’re the only one without a gun.

Castle

[Looks around at everyone else] Good point.

Castle

How do you know you're in love?

Beckett

All the songs make sense.

Beckett

And how many people would own that kind of antique pistol?

They’re considered collectibles, so they don’t have to be registered.

Castle

Making it pretty smart to kill someone with one.

Oh, yeah. Guns may be old, but they got plenty of killing left in ‘em

Beckett

Are you getting mail here now?

Castle

Only when I don't want my daughter to see it. [opens the envelope to show 2 tickets for Taylor Swift concert] Laa...

Beckett

You're a Taylor Swift fan?

Castle

They are for Alexis. Cost me an arm and a leg, but Alexis will be thrilled. Apparently she and Ash have a song.

Beckett

Yeah, well we have a song as well.

Castle

We do?

Beckett

Uhuh. "You talk too much" by Clarence Carter.

Esposito

That was a nice thing you guys did in there.

Castle

Well, I just thought that after everything Greg did for her, they deserve a chance. Besides, if it were you and I in Amy's shoes, we'd still be rotting in prison.

Esposito

Huh, speak for yourself, bro. I'd escape.

Castle

What, you'd just leave me in there?

Esposito

It's the law of the jungle. I gotta look out for numero uno.

Castle

Wow. Nothing like a hypothetical prison term to let you know who your friends really are.

Beckett

Don't worry Castle, I'd get you out.

Castle

Don't we usually get to the victim before the funeral?

Beckett

What have we got?

Esposito

Mourners found a body in the caskett

Castle

And that's unusual how?

Esposito

Well, the family was bidding a fond farewell to Mr. Mank here and discovered that he wasn't going to the grave alone.

Castle

Is it just me, or is Mr. Mank smiling?

Montgomery

An FBI profile was as close as we came to ID-ing a suspect. Feds say he's a white male, 25 to 45 years old,

Castle

[To Beckett] Could be me.

Montgomery

Has a dysfunctional relationship with his mother,

Castle

Still me.

Montgomery

He has a menial, unimportant job.

Beckett

[To Castle] Definitely you.

Castle

Just for that, I'm basing my next book on Esposito. [Beckett glares at Castle]